A suburban couple's new home hides a chilling, unseen presence that slowly ratchets up the dread.
Suspenseful and tense. A late-night trip that takes its time. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+, Peacock and Starz.
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: real scares and lots of jump scares.
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After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Psycho (1960)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA woman on the run finds a chilling, atmospheric motel where dread steadily builds to a shocking twist.
The Ring (2002)Terrifying · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA cursed videotape unravels a journalist's world, bringing chilling dread and a race against time.
The Others (2001)Properly scary · no gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA mother protects her light-sensitive children from unseen forces as a chilling, atmospheric mystery unfolds.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)Properly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA journalist's family faces a chilling nightmare when their long-lost daughter returns, forever changed by the desert.
1408 (2007)Properly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA cynical debunker of the supernatural confronts genuine terror in a hotel room where the chilling atmosphere never breaks.
It Follows (2015)Properly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredAfter a sexual encounter, a chilling, dreamlike force relentlessly pursues a young woman.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)Properly scary · graphic gore · emotionally heavy · measuredTwo coroners uncover increasingly disturbing clues within a mysterious corpse, and the chilling dread never lets up.
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)Properly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA cynical investigator plunges into a surreal small town where a horror novelist's fiction becomes chilling reality.Paranormal Activity is on our Ghosts and hauntings, Found footage, Horror on Paramount+, Mystery on Paramount+ and Horror on Peacock lists.
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Lists with the same feel: Scary, not gory; and Slow burns.
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